Jamie Zawinski has ported his gorgeous screensaver collection to MacOS.
My favorites are Demon, a colorful cellular automaton; CloudLife, a fuzzy variant of Conway’s Life; Substrate, whose randomly growing arcs suggest the street plan of an old city; Galaxy, a simulation of gravitic interactions; Polytopes, which displays one of the six convex regular polychora, rotating in 4-space.
I hear some strange things in this medical transcription gig:
Due to her birth weight less than 1500 grams, she will require a rule out retinopathy of prematurity eye exam . . . .
Let’s take an against un-Englishly compound adjectives stand!
I’m surprised to see it acknowledged in two teevee shows that heroin is useful as a painkiller. (Charlie Stross, a former pharmacist, mentioned that “diamorphine (aka Heroin™) is carried routinely in ambulances in the UK.”)
In the first series of 24, Jackie’s arm is broken and her kidnappers inject her to keep her quiet. Kim, her fellow kidnappee, starts to protest but appears to accept that it’s the least bad thing to do at the moment. (I don’t think the drug is named, but the paraphernalia are those of heroin.)
Late in the second season of Lost, (spoiler) lies dying of (spoiler) wounds and Jack, MD, gives heroin — very explicitly this time.
Both shows were broadcast, not in the Freer Speech Zone of premium cable. So where’s the uproar from drug-warriors that they contradicted Official Truth?
If you use “however” in two consecutive sentences, it’s a sign that your paragraph could benefit from rearranging.
If you use “however” in three consecutive sentences, your paragraph may be beyond help.
Today’s Straight Dope responds to this inquiry:
Everyone is familiar with the song that goes, “There’s a place in France where the naked ladies dance.” What’s the origin of this mysterious song and its seemingly Egyptian melody?
So naturally I’m not familiar with those words; but they do scan to the tune quoted in Divers Ayres on Sundrie Notions: “Ask for P.D.Q., take a tablespoon or two.”
Philippe “Goulu” cites my sphere arrangements page and discusses the subject thereof, in French.
Arel Lucas writes: DELETED. Arel’s initial report, written in the heat of emotion, was relayed without her permission or knowledge and she later repented of writing it.
Some background: Wikipedia; Scientology vs Keith Henson; Keith Henson News (mirror)